What use of this is applicable to stroke recovery? We'll never know because we have NO stroke strategy or stroke leadership in any part of stroke.
Jesús Devesa 1,2,*,
Gustavo Díaz-Getino 1,
Pablo Rey 1,
José García-Cancela 1,
Iria Loures 1,
Sonia Nogueiras 1,
Alba Hurtado de Mendoza 1,
Lucía Salgado 1,
Mónica González 1,
Tamara Pablos 1
and
Pablo Devesa 1
1
Scientific Direction Medical Centre Foltra, Teo 15886, Spain
2
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15710, Spain
*
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Academic Editor:
Katalin Prokai-Tatrai
Received: 28 November 2015 / Accepted: 16 December 2015 / Published: 21 December 2015
Abstract
:
The aim of this study is to describe the results obtained after
growth hormone (GH) treatment and neurorehabilitation in a young man
that suffered a very grave traumatic brain injury (TBI) after a plane
crash. Methods: Fifteen months after the accident, the patient was
treated with GH, 1 mg/day, at three-month intervals, followed by
one-month resting, together with daily neurorehabilitation. Blood
analysis at admission showed that no pituitary deficits existed. At
admission, the patient presented: spastic tetraplegia, dysarthria,
dysphagia, very severe cognitive deficits and joint deformities.
Computerized tomography scanners (CT-Scans) revealed the practical loss
of the right brain hemisphere and important injuries in the left one.
Clinical and blood analysis assessments were performed every three
months for three years. Feet surgery was needed because of irreducible
equinovarus. Results: Clinical and kinesitherapy assessments revealed a
prompt improvement in cognitive functions, dysarthria and dysphagia
disappeared and three years later the patient was able to live a
practically normal life, walking alone and coming back to his studies.
No adverse effects were observed during and after GH administration.
Conclusions: These results, together with previous results from our
group, indicate that GH treatment is safe and effective for helping
neurorehabilitation in TBI patients, once the acute phase is resolved,
regardless of whether or not they have GH-deficiency (GHD).
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